Helping Appalachia Communities with Food and Essential Resources
Our Mission is to join communities, build and strengthen neighbor relations, and work side by side with residents to address community-wide concerns linking them to the resources supportive of a healthy, safe and economically vibrant standard of living.
food boxes distributed last year, each food box enough to feed a family of four for a week
children received school supplies to get a good education in 2025.
kids participated in summer camps.
students received vocational education, training, and professional equipment.
home repair projects completed in 2025.
WHAT WE DO ⎯
Featured Programs
Each program answers a practical need: reliable meals, safer homes, school support, and essentials that help families stabilize.
Food Box Program
Provides food boxes, each enough to feed a family of four for a week, to communities facing food insecurity.
Education Program
Offers academic assistance, school supplies, and support that helps children stay ready to learn.
Home Rehabilitation
Repairs roofs, floors, porches, stairs, and other safety risks so families can live with dignity.
Basic Needs
Provides essentials such as coats, blankets, footwear, dental kits, and emergency utility assistance.
OUR MISSION ⎯
Breaking the cycle of poverty in Appalachia
Generations of families in Appalachia face limited access to essentials, stable housing, transportation, health care, and education. Americans Helping Americans strengthens community-led work so local partners can respond with speed, trust, and care.
Food Access
Delivering steady food support to families who might otherwise go without reliable meals.
Safe Housing
Repairing and rebuilding homes so seniors, families, and disabled residents can live safely.
Education & Training
Equipping students and adults with supplies, support, and training that widen opportunity.
Our Partners
We are thankful for the organizations who have partnered with Americans Helping Americans to make positive changes to the lives of many in our nation.
Our Impact
Learn about ways that Americans Helping Americans is making a difference in the lives of families and individuals in our communities.
Your gift helps local partners act quickly.
Every contribution supports practical resources like food boxes, home repairs, school supplies, emergency aid, and basic needs assistance.
LATEST UPDATES ⎯
Stories & News
Recent stories from the communities, partners, and families connected to Americans Helping Americans.
Bridging the Digital Divide for 100 more Appalachian students in 2022
At Americans Helping Americans® we know full well that the quality of a child’s education is dependent on having ready access to a computer with high-speed internet. For several years, we have been working to bridge the digital divide for elementary school students in…
Congratulations to Davyon Johnson – Our Helper of the Month for January!
Americans Helping Americans® is honored to award Davyon Johnson as our Helper of the Month for January. Congratulations, Davyon! When 11 year old Davyon Johnson woke up to go to school on December 9th, he didn’t know he was going to save two lives! At school, he…
Utility Assistance January 2022
Throughout the year, Americans Helping Americans® provides utility assistance funding to our partners in Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee to keep lights and heat on, and potentially prevent hundreds of families from becoming homeless. During no time of the year is our…